I was a teacher in inner city Cleveland for 32 years before retiring a year ago...I taught at all grade levels...I learned my first year that black students absolutely refuse to follow simple directions or directives...it did not matter if I was a tough guy or nice guy...I want to share a story that happened 5 weeks before I retired...a 5th grade black boy had been misbehaving for days...finally I dismissed the class except for him...I talked to him very politely for five minutes...I could see I was getting nowhere so I said to him "jason I don't understand why you are being so disruptive...I have been talking very NICE with you for 5 minutes and you are getting more hostile"...he replied " don't you know that that white people 'NICE NICE' stuff doesn't work on us black kids?"...I said " yes I know that."...he then asked why I was being nice and I said because our schools approach for dealing with inappropriate behavior requires me to talk to you nicely...he then got up, looked at me and said "that is fucking stupid"...he then walked out of the room...the only thing they understand is violence!...
